Strategic Planning: Making it Work
Why it Works
Is your organization positioned for long-term success? Having trouble engaging the entire organization in the same direction? Strategic Planning: Making It Work provides a detailed road map for creating successful strategic plans. Comprehensive building blocks include : steps for preparing, developing, implementing, and monitoring a strategic plan for your organization, plus the pitfalls to avoid while constructing it. Our PDI (practical, dynamic and interactive) branded approach provides Practical step-by-step implementation including:
- Checklists to judge the quality of each component of your plan
- Dynamic instruction from carefully selected energetic facilitators, and
- Interactive practice sessions including in-class exercises and team breakout sessions to reinforce your learning.
By bringing an existing plan to class, participants can gain the additional benefit of using the course’s tools to improve their current strategic direction.
Who will benefit from this course?
Ideal For:
- Leaders
- Facilitators
- Representatives of all types of organizations
Needing To:
- Develop Viable Action Plans
- Accomplish Glowth Objectives
- Improving Current Processes
What you will learn
Develop highly effective strategic plans by:
- Defining a mission statement through three powerful steps
- Creating a vision that is both inspiring and compelling
- Developing broad goals outlining the areas for focus
- Establishing specific, measurable, achievable objectives
- Isolating key factors controlling whether or not the organization is successful
- Discovering obstacles standing in the way of implementation
- Developing operating guidelines that shape the culture of the organization
- Using positioning strategies to define and excel in your niche
- Identifying pitfalls to avoid when doing strategic planning
- Utilizing a method for evaluating the quality of a plan
Choose Your Format
With a group of eight or more people, a private class may deliver a better value. With a private class on Strategic Planning: Making it Work, we can customize the course and bring the techniques and tools you need to conduct a virtual meeting to you, at your convenience. Find out how we can tailor this course to meet your needs.
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Find a class date & location.
Please note both live and virtual classes are available.
2023
The Effective Facilitator – 4 Days (In-Person)
Oct 2 – Oct 5 – Las Vegas, NV
Oct 16 – Oct 19 – Atlanta, GA
Oct 23 – Oct 26 – Chicago, IL
Nov 13 – Nov 16 – Atlanta, GA
Nov 13 – Nov 16 – Dallas, TX
Nov 28 – Dec 1 – Washington, DC
Dec 4 – Dec 7 – Atlanta, GA
Dec 11 – Dec 14 – Washington, DC
Facilitating Masterful Meetings: Virtual Edition – 2 Days
Oct 23 – Oct 24 – Virtual
The Effective Facilitator: Virtual Edition – 4 Days
Nov 6 – Nov 9 – Virtual
Dec 11 – Dec 14 – Virtual
Strategies for Managing Business Relationships – 3 Days (1/2 days)
Oct 31 – Nov 2 – Virtual
Mastering Hybrid Meetings: Blending Remote and Onsite Teams 1/2 Day (9AM – 1PM ET)
Dec 1 – Dec 1 – Virtual
2024
The Effective Facilitator – 4 Days (In-Person)
Jan 22 – Jan 25 – Washington, D.C.
Jan 29 – Feb 1 – Dallas, TX
Feb 5 – Feb 8 – Atlanta, GA
Feb 5 – Feb 8 – Seattle, WA
Feb 20 – Feb 23 – Las Vegas, NV
Feb 26 – Feb 29 – Washington, D.C.
Mar 4 – Mar 7 – Chicago, IL
Mar 25 – Mar 28 – Washington, D.C.
Apr 1 – Apr 4 – Atlanta, GA
Apr 22 – Apr 25 – Washington, D.C.
May 13 – May 16 – Dallas, TX
May 20 – May 23 – Washington, D.C.
May 20 – May 23 – Seattle, WA
Jun 3 – Jun 6 – Atlanta, GA
Jun 24 – Jun 27 – Washington, D.C.
Jul 15 – Jul 18 – Chicago, IL
Jul 22 – Jul 25 – Washington, D.C.
Aug 12 – Aug 15 – Atlanta, GA
Aug 19 – Aug 22 – Washington, D.C.
Sep 16 – Sep 19 – Atlanta, GA
Sep 23 – Sep 26 – Washington, D.C.
Sep 23 – Sep 26 – Seattle, WA
Sep 30 – Oct 3 – Las Vegas, NV
Oct 14 – Oct 17 – Atlanta, GA
Oct 21 – Oct 24 – Chicago, IL
Oct 28 – Oct 31 – Washington, D.C.
Nov 11 – Nov 14 – Dallas, TX
Nov 18 – Nov 21 – Washington, D.C.
Dec 2 – Dec 5 – Atlanta, GA
Dec 16 – Dec 19 – Washington, D.C.
The Engaging Trainer – 3 Days (In-Person)
Sep 30 – Oct 2 – Atlanta, GA
Facilitator Certification Prep – 2 (In-Person)
Jun 13 – Jun 14 – Atlanta, GA
Secrets to Facilitating Strategy – 3 Days (In-Person)
Apr 16 – Apr 18 – Atlanta, GA
Facilitating Masterful Meetings: Virtual Edition – 2 Days
Mar 4 – Mar 5 – Virtual
Oct 21 – Oct 22 – Virtual
The Facilitative Leader: Virtual Edition – 2 Days
May 14 – May 15 – Virtual
The Effective Facilitator: Virtual Edition – 4 Days
Jan 8 – Jan 11 – Virtual
Feb 13 – Feb 16 – Virtual
Mar 11 – Mar 14 – Virtual
Apr 22 – Apr 25 – Virtual
Jun 17 – Jun 20 – Virtual
Jul 8 – Jul 11 – Virtual
Jul 29 – Aug 1 – Virtual
Aug 26 – Aug 29 – Virtual
Oct 8 – Oct 11 – Virtual
Nov 4 – Nov 7 – Virtual
Virtual Meetings 101 – The Basics – .5 Days
Jun 18 – Jun 18 – Virtual
Sep 9 – Sep 9 – Virtual
Jun 18 – Jun 20 – Virtual
Sep 9 – Sep 11 – Virtual
The Engaging Trainer: Virtual Edition – 3 Days
Apr 8 – Apr 11 – Virtual
Secrets to Facilitating Strategy: Virtual Edition – 3 Days
Aug 19 – Aug 21 – Virtual
Advanced Strategies for Virtual Engagement – 1/2 Day (1 PM – 5 PM ET)
Aug 5 – Aug 5 – Virtual
Strategies for Managing Business Relationships – 3 Days (1/2 days)
Apr 30 – May 2 – Virtual
Oct 29 – Oct 31 – Virtual
Advanced Facilitation Skills – 3 Day (In-Person)
Jun 10 – Jun 12 – Atlanta, GA
Mastering Hybrid Meetings: Blending Remote and Onsite Teams 1/2 Day (9AM – 1PM ET)
Feb 13 – Feb 13 – Virtual
Aug 5 – Aug 5 – Virtual
Strategic Thinking: Virtual Edition – 1/2 Day
Aug 5 – Aug 5 – Virtual
